Jeff Bridges

Jeffrey Leon "Jeff" Bridges (born December 4, 1949) is an American actor and musician. Bridges is also a photographer, an occasional vintner and a storyteller.Some of his best-known films include “Tron,” “The Fabulous Baker Boys” and “The Big Lebowski.”
As a musician, Bridges released a solo album, “Be Here Soon,” in 2000 through the independent Ramp Records label. Though the album failed to chart, it included guest appearances from David Crosby, Bryan Ferry and Michael McDonald.
He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Otis “Bad” Blake in the 2009 film “Crazy Heart.” Bridges appeared on the film’s soundtrack on the songs, “Hold On You,” “Someb... Continue Bio >>

Jeff Bridges Once in a while, a film serves a purpose higher than itself. White Squall is about a floating school that Chris Sheldon, pictured here, ran with his wife in the 1960s. They took groups of boys (like Chuck Gieg) out on their ship, the Albatross, for months at a time, traveling all over the world. On May 2, 1961, a freak storm, called a white squall, came out of nowhere and sank the Albatross in the Gulf of Mexico, killing six of the boys and Chris’ wife, Alice. Ridley Scott encouraged, Chris, Chuck, and other survivors to participate in the film. Many of them hadn’t seen each other for thirty years. The movie turned out to be a way to revisit and make a little more peace with this tragic event in their lives. They were so generous in sharing their experience. It changed us all. #TBT